Chennai, October 16
Tamil Nadu minister for Sports and Youth Affairs and senior leader of DMK, Udhayanidhi Stalin has said that chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ at Pakistani players during the India- Pakistan World Cup cricket match at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad was unacceptable.
The DMK leader, the son of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, was referring to the crowd booing and chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ when the Pakistan players got out in the match.
The fans sang ‘Vande Mataram’ after the Indian team defeated Pakistan by seven wickets in a highly one-sided contest on Saturday at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad.
Fans were also booing Pakistan captain and one of the best batsmen in the world, Babar Azam when he went out for toss along with Rohit Sharma.However, the stadium also witnessed a gesture of India’s star batsman, Virat Kohli gifting his signed Indian jersey to the Pakistan captain Babar Azam.